Definition of furcate Furcate

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We found 6 definitions of furcate from 5 different sources.

What does furcate mean?

Verb
furcate - divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"
		branch, ramify, fork, separate
		diverge move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here"
		branch out, diversify, broaden vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified"
		branch, ramify divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"
		arborise, arborize branch out like trees; "nerve fibers arborize"
		twig branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt twigged in several directions"
		bifurcate divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated"
		trifurcate divide into three; "The road trifurcates at the bridge"

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furcate
To divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork, starting from a common point.

furcate
fur′kāt, adj. forked: branching like the prongs of a fork—also Fur′cated.—ns. Furcā′tion, a forking or branching out; Fur′cifer, a genus of South American deer with furcate antlers.—adjs. Furcif′erous, of insects bearing a forked appendage; Fur′ciform, fork-shaped.—n. Fur′cūla, the united pair of clavicles of a bird, forming a single forked bone—the merry-thought.—adj. Fur′cular, furcate: shaped like a fork. [L., from furca, a fork.]